Where Are the Female Musicians? Met Called Out for Male-Heavy Rock and Roll Show
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition of iconic rock instruments has been criticized for only including one woman
St Vincent, 2018. Courtesy: Getty Images; photograph: Gary Miller
St Vincent, 2018. Courtesy: Getty Images; photograph: Gary Miller
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s forthcoming rock and roll exhibition, ‘Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll’, has come under criticism over an alleged lack of female artists. Although the full artist list has not yet been announced, musician Neko Case criticized the exhibition on Twitter for its apparent male-heavy basis. The only woman named among the show’s included artists so far is St. Vincent.
The Met show, due to open in April 2019, is the first major museum exhibition of rock & roll instruments, featuring synths, guitars and drums used by artists such as the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix. The collection of more than 130 instruments will show highlights including Eric Clapton’s ‘Blackie’ Stratocaster, Eddie van Halen’s ‘Frankenstein’ guitar and Jimmy Page’s dragon-embroidered suit.
Neko Case called out the show’s apparent underrepresentation of female musicians. She wrote on Twitter: ‘Seriously, @metmuseum, why only one woman in this exhibit? Who curated this? Do you really think NO OTHER WOMEN, OR FEMALE IDENTIFYING performers contributed to rock n’ roll?’
，圣文森特，2018。礼貌：盖蒂图片；照片：加里·米勒（Gary Miller）大都会艺术博物馆即将举办的摇滚展览“大声演奏：摇滚乐器械”（Play It Loud：.mentsofRockandRoll），因缺乏女性艺术家而受到批评。虽然完整的艺术家名单尚未公布，但音乐家Neko Case在Twitter上批评这次展览明显以男性为主。迄今为止，该剧中唯一一位包括艺术家在内的女性是圣文森特。大都会音乐节将于2019年4月开幕，这是首个大型的摇滚乐器博物馆展览，展品包括披头士、猫王普雷斯利、查克·贝瑞和吉米·亨德里克斯等艺术家使用的合成器、吉他和鼓。丁·埃里克·克莱普顿的《黑色》Stratocaster，埃迪·范·海伦的《弗兰肯斯坦》吉他和吉米·佩奇的龙绣西装。妮可·凯斯大声疾呼，这个节目明显低估了女性音乐家的代表性。她在Twitter上写道：“说真的，@met.，为什么这个展览只有一个女人？”是谁策划的？你真的认为没有别的女人，或者女性识别演员对摇滚乐有贡献吗？《新闻》/《音乐新闻》大都会摇滚艺术博物馆Neko案圣文森特女权主义FRIZE特稿 ARThing编译
